Full Coverage: Fiji
23.05.2007
A Fijian Provincial Council has welcomed a presentation from Greenpeace on the benefits of turning the Great Astrolabe Reef into a marine reserve.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Oceania] |
05.12.2006
SUVA, Dec 5 (IPS) - Fiji's leading daily newspaper and sole television station have suspended operations after attempts to censor their news by the military, which seized control of the country on Tuesday, ousting the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Oceania] [Civil rights] [Freedom of expression] [Democracy] |
30.11.2006
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has added his voice to the growing concern about a possible coup against the government of Fiji. Pacific states fear the ramifications of a coup both for Fiji and the region as a whole.
more...From: United Nations |
17.07.2006
Radio content must be made more relevant to its audience to preserve the medium’s market share, told a Pacific media executive an international broadcasting conference in Singapore recently.
more...From: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [ICT] |
08.06.2006
Fiji will today - World Ocean Day - receive the Global Ocean Conservation Award for its plans to establish a network of protection zones that will cover 30 per cent of its waters by 2020 — one of the largest areas of protected ocean in the world.
more...From: WWF International Image: Protecting the oceans (WWF)
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07.06.2006
How can a single mother in rural Fiji resolve conflicts for the UK government? At a British Foreign Office conference, Rosemary Bechler catches up with "suitcase radio" pioneer Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls to discuss women's roles in politics and peace.
more...From: openDemocracy |
04.02.2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Water, water everywhere and we are duped into buying it bottled.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Saudi Arabia] [Mexico] [Italy] [India] [Germany] [France] [Finland] [China] [North America] [Western Europe] [Northern Europe] [South Asia] [Water/sanitation] [Consumption] [Pollution] [MDGs] |
14.07.2005
The research titled 'GIS as a Planning Support Tool for Community Integrated Tourism Development: A Pilot Study for Fiji Islands and the South Pacific' is a pilot study which worked in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Transport, Fiji to develop the database and examine its applicability for wider implementation both in Fiji and for government and other development agencies (donors, NGOs, QUANGOS) throughout the South Pacific region.
more...Related topics/regions: [Economy] [ICT] |
14.07.2005
The research titled "Maximizing the Benefits of ICT/Multimedia in the South Pacific: Cultural Pedagogy and Usability Factors" was started to determine how Educational ICT/Multimedia can be developed so as to be responsive to the particular needs of the region...
more...Related topics/regions: [Education] [ICT] |
18.01.2005
Another exciting initiative is about to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a women’s media NGO which in 2004 launched femTALK 89.2FM, its mobile women’s community radio project. This month, the femLINKpacific volunteer team takes to the road with their “radio in a suitcase” in Fiji.
more...From: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector Related topics/regions: [Capacity building] [Poverty] [Gender] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil society] |
30.05.2003
The issue of child labour should not be tackled by just punishing the employers says Shamima Ali, the coordinator of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre. Instead, problems of poverty and school dropouts have to be dealt with first.
more...From: Global March Against Child Labour Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Education] |
26.03.2003
Fiji's declaration of its territorial waters as a whale sanctuary was welcomed by a leading international environmental organisation yesterday.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Fisheries] [Environment] [Animals] |
24.02.2003
The value of quality science education to developing countries is widely accepted and has prompted an investment in school science education. But concerns about instructional quality and student achievement are becoming acute.
more...Related topics/regions: [Education] |
19.03.2002
Trade suspensions have succeeded in prompting the United Arab Emirates, Russian Federation, Fiji and Vietnam to give better protection to endangered species, according to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Vietnam] [United Arab Emirates] [Trade] [Animals] [Conservation] |
19.02.2002
Fijian coup-leader George Speight's life has been spared by the country's president - following a death sentence delivered by the High Court yesterday - in a bid to avoid more ethnic strife in the troubled Pacific island group.
more...From: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related topics/regions: [Population] [Indigenous rights] [Justice and crime] |
10.09.2001
There has been a big swing against moderates in Fiji's recently concluded elections, as race-based politics takes centre stage in the formation of a new government.
more...From: Inter Press Service Related topics/regions: [Race politics] [Democracy] |
04.07.2001
Plans by a Japanese mining firm to open an extraction plant for low-grade copper in Fiji would lead to the dumping of waste in ecologically fragile areas along the coral coast, says a watchdog.
more...From: Project Underground Related topics/regions: [Japan] [Environment] [Oceans] |
25.04.2001
Age-old knowledge of the world's botanical riches is being probed in the hope of finding cures for AIDS and cancer. But, as Matthew Brace reports, the practice is often far from ethical.
more...From: Geographical Related topics/regions: [Belize] [Suriname] [Samoa] [Biodiversity] [Health] [AIDS] [Knowledge] [Science] Image: Medicinal ylang-ylang plant © Geographical
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11.09.2000
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for "appropriate targeted measures" against Fiji if its current leaders fail to restore a constitutionally-elected government by the end of November.
more...From: Inter Press Service Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Trade] [Democracy] [Governance] |



